The Panel will conduct confirmation hearings in respect of the proposed appointment of the Police and Crime Commissioner’s selection of –

·         Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner

·         Treasurer

The Chair advised Panel members that only one confirmation hearing would in fact take place today, due to the preferred candidate for the role of Treasurer being out of the country and unable to attend today’s meeting.  A video conference call had been considered in order to conduct the confirmation hearing, but it was felt that the Panel would prefer to meet the preferred candidate in person.  The Panel were advised that this particular confirmation hearing would therefore take place at a date in the near future.

The Chair welcomed Mr Mark Kingscote (the preferred candidate for the post of Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly) to the meeting and outlined the procedure for the confirmation hearing.   After the hearing, the Panel would adjourn to consider the appointment, in private.  The PCC would then be advised of the Panel’s decision and the Panel would seek to agree with the PCC how and when an announcement would be made.

The Chair gave the PCC the opportunity to address the Panel to outline her reasons and deliberations for choosing Mr Kingscote as her preferred candidate; Mr Kingscote was then invited to address the Panel in order to advise them how he met the criteria for the post.

Mr Kingscote responded to questions from Panel members on –

Agreed that under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press

and public are excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the

grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in

paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended by the Freedom of

Information Act 2000.

The Panel adjourned at 11.18 am to consider the suitability of the candidate for the post of the Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Following the adjournment, the Panel reconvened at 12.03 pm and the Chair advised that the Panel had had the opportunity, in private session, to consider and review –

·         the Police and Crime Commissioner’s recruitment and selection process;

·         details about the candidate;

·         the criteria used to assess the candidate;

·         how the candidate satisfied that criteria and their terms and conditions of employment;

in order to satisfy themselves as to whether or not Mr Kingscote was a suitable

appointment.

The Panel reached a decision in respect of the Police and Crime Commissioner’s

proposed appointment of Mr Mark Kingscote as Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, and the OPCC Chief Executive and Monitoring Officer had been informed.

Following a vote,

The Panel agreed that the candidate does not meet the minimum requirements of the post.   In accordance with Schedule 1, Para 10 (4) of the Police and Social Responsibility Act the Panel recommends that the candidate should not be appointed.

A separate letter outlining the Panel’s concerns will be provided to the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner on the next working day after this meeting.